01182nam a2200265 a 450000500170000000800200001702000150003704100100005208200120006208200130007410000190008710000160010610000110012224500690013324500190020225000090022126000100023026000350024026000090027530000110028430000140029530000090030952005340031865000640085220260119070419.02021-12-07 13:54:18  a0802847145  a0 eng  a228.067  bC696-H49  aColin J. Hemer  d(1930-1987)  eAuthor  aThe letters to the seven churches of Asia in their local setting  cColin J. Hemer  a2nd.  aU.S.A  bWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing  c2001  a338tr.  bpaperback  c23cm  aWith a new foreword by David E. Aune / This modern classic by Colin Hemer explores the seven letters in the book of Revelation against the historical background of the churches to which they were addressed. Based on literary, epigraphical, and archaeological sources and informed by Hemer’s firsthand knowledge of the biblical sites, this superb study presents in the clearest way possible a picture of the New Testament world in the later part of the first century and its significance for broader questions of church history.  aBible NT Revelation II-III - Criticism, interpretation, etc